4,387

The number of times the word “risk” is used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warning of the increasing scale of natural disasters thanks to climate change.

Heat waves, floods and storms are all becoming more severe according to the panel of climate scientists. And the burden of death is placed upon the poorest nations.

Let’s keep playing that fiddle …

Recent warming trend is significant after all

Last year, Phil Jones of the Norwich Climate Research Unit gave fodder to climate skeptics by stating that recent warming trends could not be shown to be “statistically significant” over the period of 1995-2009.

Turns out that when you add in 2010’s data, that data suddenly becomes very significant. Of course, 2011 might bring the reverse, so stay tuned! Also, maybe 10-15 year periods isn’t a very smart way to be looking at climate change?